Conversations for Inclusive Excellence to hold a lunch event today
Reactions to the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial will be the focus of the next “Conversations for Inclusive Excellence” event, a lunch-and-listen discussion today from 12:05-12:50 p.m.
There has been a variety of emotional reactions to recent events related to the verdict in the Chauvin trial. Attendees are invited to bring a lunch and listen to reactions. Also, attendees are asked to come prepared to share thoughts on the trial, the verdict and their own feelings.
As always, the “Conversations for Inclusive Excellence” series serves to create a space for safe, reflective conversation that allow the co-creation of perspective for broader and more nuanced understandings of each other and our society.
Information for the virtual event can be found here.
Nursing’s Dr. Hetland receives national recognition
Breanna Hetland, PhD, assistant professor in the UNMC College of Nursing Omaha Division, has received the Nursing Assembly Early Career Achievement Award from the American Thoracic Society (ATS).
The award recognizes an individual who, early in his or her career, has made outstanding contributions to nursing in the areas of research, clinical care, teaching and/or service. It also recognizes contributions focused on patient and family responses related to pulmonary conditions, critical illness or sleep disorders.
The ATS aims to improve health worldwide by advancing research, clinical care and public health in respiratory disease, critical illness and sleep disorders. Members include more than 16,000 physicians, research scientists, nurses and other allied health care professionals (32 percent of whom work outside the United States).
Panel will discuss science and health policy in industry
A Health Policy Seminar Series panel talk on “Science and Health Policy in Industry” will be held on Tuesday, April 27, from noon to 12:45 p.m. via Zoom or in person at the McGoogan Library sixth floor.
The event, presented by UNMC student delegates and the UNMC Primary Care Progress Chapter, is designed for UNMC students; faculty and staff also may attend.
Panelists include:
- Thomas Crampton, vice president and head of corporate and government affairs for GreenLight Biosciences;
- Greg Chesmore, vice president of government affairs for Acceleron Pharma; and
- Jenny Luray, vice president of strategic communications for Research!America.
A free lunch will be provided to the first 25 students who attend in-person on the sixth floor of the McGoogan Health Sciences Library in reserved, single-person study rooms (in-person attendance must be indicated on the registration form). Sanitation of the study room is required both at arrival and departure. Study rooms also can be reserved for before and after the seminar if time slots are available.
Prizes and speakers are provided with support from a Civic Engagement Microgrant Award from Research! America. Lunch for students is provided by the UNMC Center for Heart and Vascular Research.
Registration is required. Register here.
For more information, contact Tyler Jones.
Web redesign update
A meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, May 5, for those who maintain subsites within unmc.edu and web advisory group members. The meeting will include the inventory of designs that will be available to subsites, a discussion of content types and a tentative schedule for migration into the new design. If you did not receive an Outlook invite and would like to attend, please email Stacie Hamel for Zoom information.